Belief about nicotine modulates subjective craving and insula activity in deprived smokers

Little is known about the specific neural mechanisms through which cognitive factors influence craving and associated brain responses, despite of the initial success of cognitive therapies in treating drug addiction. In this study, we investigated how cognitive factors such as beliefs influence subj...

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Main Authors: Xiaosi Gu, Terry Lohrenz, Ramiro Salas, Philip Baldwin, Alireza Soltani, Ulrich Kirk, Paul Cinciripini, Read Montague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00126/full